Do you like science fiction?

Rose65 said:
I get book bargains by email daily. I like many genres including science fiction when I am in the mood. I have bought a delightful novel called 'Steel Guardian' ' by Meron Cora. It has really piqued my imagination and reads so easy, simple and heart-warming. About when the world is taken over by AI and it centres around a simple humble cleaner robot called Block. He just loves cleaning and needs to find a new home, as he the hotel he works in is gone. He finds a baby human girl and ends up protecting her from everyone. It is impossible not to like Block and his ingenuity and in fact his humanity, which is very touching.

I just had to tell someone about this book! It's just what I need to take my mind off life's troubles.

I recommend it as good reading and would welcome any recommendations for similar novels about robots.
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Thanks Rose! It sounds like a wonderful read. I'm putting it on my list. ;)
 

officerripley said:
I've loved and read SF since I was about 10. And I too read and really liked Steel Guardian; I'm so glad you mentioned it, @Rose65; I kept forgetting to read the 2nd in the series; going to go online and look for it right now, lol.

Some of my favorite SF authors: Jack McDevitt, James Tiptree, Sheri Tepper, Arthur C. Clarke (especially his book Childhood's End--the miniseries was okay but loved the book, I wish so much I could join the Overmind and leave physicality behind!), Stephen Graham Jones (horror rather than SF but so good), Kiersten White, Alma Katsu, Marilyn Messik (hers are paranormal but handled in a matter-of-fact way that reads like SF, very good), and many others.
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Ever read the fabulous biography of James Tiptree Jr, called, not surprisingly, James Tiptree Jr (The Double Life of Alice Sheldon)? One of the most fascinating biographies I've ever read. What a life!
 
I've been reading Sci Fi since I discovered Heinlen's YA books as a kid. Grew up on Bradbury, Asimov, the usual. My favorite Sci Fi novels of all time are Arthur C Clarke's Childhood's End (TV series was horrible), and Ursula K. LeGuin's Dispossessed. More contemporary folks I like include Robert Charles Wilson (favorites- Spin, The Chronoliths, Mysterium), Octavia Butler (everything she wrote), Ted Chiang, etc. There's so much out there- it's an embarrassment of riches.
A lovely novel I read this year is called The Mountain in The Sea by Ray Naylor- I believe it's his first novel- I bet it wins all the big SF awards this year. I've also been a Trekkie since 1966 and my second favorite film of all time is 2001. I don't only read SF- I'll read anything, fiction, non fiction, the back of cereal boxes, matchbook covers... I'm an addict.
 

My favorite fiction genre, with mysteries (Chistie, Chesterton) and anything by Koontz close behind back when i read a lot of fiction. Last couple of decades the ratio of fiction to non-fiction i read has shifted greatly.
 
Can anyone recommend a good story about humans colonising other planets? Not too complicated, not about too much fighting and emphasis on aliens. More a story about people building a new life, as pioneers. I found one promising one called ''Another World' by Samuel Best. I think I will buy it.
 
I'd suggest the old Robert A. Heinlein series of Stone Family and related books:

"The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress"
"Podkane Of Mars"
"The Rolling Stones"
"Space Family Stone"
"Number Of The Beast"
"The Cat Who Walks Through Walls"
"To Sail Beyond The Sunset"

Oldies, but classic.
 
dilettante said:
I'd suggest the old Robert A. Heinlein series of Stone Family and related books:

"The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress"
"Podkane Of Mars"
"The Rolling Stones"
"Space Family Stone"
"Number Of The Beast"
"The Cat Who Walks Through Walls"
"To Sail Beyond The Sunset"

Oldies, but classic.
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Thanks so much, I have noted all greedily!
I need escapism with all the bad news we are subjected to. At least in our minds we can get away.
 
As a young kid, I liked Jules Verne. Then later some of Ray Bradbury, Arthur Clarke. In my mid 20s I became deeply involved with environmental concerns. At first as "issues' then in a hands-on way. My interest mostly veered away from sci-fi, except that I respected the deep concern for these issues in authors like Frank Herbert, Huxley, Ursula LeGuin...

I suppose on this thread this may be a "true confession".šŸ˜•
 
Rose65 said:
Can anyone recommend a good story about humans colonising other planets? Not too complicated, not about too much fighting and emphasis on aliens. More a story about people building a new life, as pioneers. I found one promising one called ''Another World' by Samuel Best. I think I will buy it.
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Kim Stanley Robinson- Red Mars.
 
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